Re: [Patch] Locate: Read each database only once.

[Buzz]

Op Sun, 29 May 2005 23:11:52 +0200 (MET DST) schreef ik
in <address@hidden>:
:  Hi,
:
:  Here is a patch which will cause locate to read every database only
:  once. This will cause a functional change: When using multiple
:  databases /and/ multiple patterns, the order in which results are
:  output changes from {d1p1, d2p1, d1p2, d2p2} to {d1p1, d1p2, d2p1,
:  d2p2}. Also, --statistics can be combined with patterns to get
:  statistics on the matches, and --print (-p) can be used to output names
:  when they otherwise would not (because of -S/-c).
[...]

Some notes:

* I really tried to get this patch as small as possible.
* The case-folding /can/ be done less often.
* These changes prepare a path towards a ``--and'' (``-a'') option.
* It is possible to allow reading a db from stdin.
* Much of the ``main'' loop can be moved into ``visitor''s.

(If/when this one gets applied, I intend to submit follow-up patches.)


L8r,

Buzz.
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